T-Mobile and Sprint, the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the US, are talking once again about a possible merger. Discussions are preliminary, according to a Tuesday report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes five months after the two last broke off talks, and it’s the third …
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Facebook’s failure to properly protect user data might have spawned headlines the world over, but Americans are not totally shocked by the revelations, according to a poll by CBS News. That doesn’t mean they’re letting the social network off the hook, though. Poll respondents think the company’s response to the scandal, triggered by revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s access to the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Do teens really adore the iPhone? Or do they have old ones handed down? Josh Miller/CNET I’ve heard it said that today’s teens are more sensible, more conservative than generations before them. I don’t necessarily mean conservative politically. It’s simply my impression that they look …
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How red is red? The new “Product Red” iPhone 8 and 8 Plus won’t arrive until this Friday, but I was able to get a sneak peek earlier Tuesday in New York. And I brought along last year’s Product Red iPhone 7 Plus to compare. And believe it or not, there is a difference. I don’t really get excited about …
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The record-breaking music video for Despacito disappeared temporarily from YouTube on Tuesday due a security breach affecting video platform Vevo. Five days ago, Luis Fonsi’s video racked up the most views in YouTube history, topping 5 billion. Its disappearance was not unique. More than a dozen other singers, including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Drake and Shakira, were also affected by Tuesday’s …
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Facebook was hit with another lawsuit over data misuse on Tuesday. Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were hit with another lawsuit, this one filed on behalf of users of the social network from the US and the UK. Getty Lawyers in the US and the UK filed the suit in the US District Court in Delaware against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and …
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Your mobile speeds could be a lot faster soon thanks to 5G. How fast, exactly? According to AT&T, pretty damn fast. Specifically, around 1 gigabit per second, give or take. AT&T has been running test trials of 5G service in preparation for deployment in 12 US markets later this year. The carrier shared its speed test results and a few …
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As Mark Zuckerberg testifies at the joint committee hearing questions about your own personal privacy on Facebook have probably come to mind After it was recently revealed that Cambridge Analytica obtained misappropriated personal information from of up to 87 million people Facebook users, proactively protecting your data is more important than ever. In a post on Facebook April 4, Mark Zuckerberg …
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Facebook has talked to special prosecutor Robert Mueller, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. During questioning by Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, Zuckerberg said that someone at his company has spoken with Mueller, though he himself hasn’t. He declined to give more information, saying he wasn’t sure what he could share in an …
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Here’s what we’re talking about in this podcast: Facebook starts telling its users if they were affected by the Cambridge Analytica breach. Plus, on Tuesday and Wednesday CEO Mark Zuckerberg will give testimony to Congress about the scandal. Oregon passes a law to protect net neutrality rules. Verizon reports that ransomware attacks doubled in 2017. Now playing: Watch this: …
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